Mike Pucillo v. Todd Wade

[70Chip]

A couple of points:

1. Dockery would not have helped much last week. He can only block HIS man. I don't think we can say based on last week that we should have broken the bank for D.D.

2. If Pucillo can play guard, then we should consider Wade at RT because he played great against New Orleans last year and this thing with Jansen has been building for some time now. He is not the player he was. That's not to say that he can't have a good year, but it won't be easy for him. He will have to actually work at it.

3. Everything we saw last week could be irrelevant. Look at the difference between the Eagles in their first two games. I have a hard time believing that our O-Line, which was dominant the second half of last year, could suddenly turn to shit because the one player that everyone here would have said was the weak link, if you had taken a poll any time last year, isn't here anymore. Stephon Heyer is a rookie and the others looked rusty. The defense is often ahead of the offense in pre-season and I expect this group to edge their way back into form. I just can't beieve that Dockery is irreplaceable even if Wade is not the answer. But I could be wrong. The Bills obviously saw something.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

A couple of points:

1. Dockery would not have helped much last week. He can only block HIS man. I don't think we can say based on last week that we should have broken the bank for D.D.

2. If Pucillo can play guard, then we should consider Wade at RT because he played great against New Orleans last year and this thing with Jansen has been building for some time now. He is not the player he was. That's not to say that he can't have a good year, but it won't be easy for him. He will have to actually work at it.

3. Everything we saw last week could be irrelevant. Look at the difference between the Eagles in their first two games. I have a hard time believing that our O-Line, which was dominant the second half of last year, could suddenly turn to shit because the one player that everyone here would have said was the weak link, if you had taken a poll any time last year, isn't here anymore. Stephon Heyer is a rookie and the others looked rusty. The defense is often ahead of the offense in pre-season and I expect this group to edge their way back into form. I just can't beieve that Dockery is irreplaceable even if Wade is not the answer. But I could be wrong. The Bills obviously saw something.

Good points. The defense generally is ahead of the game at this point in the season; the offense is much more timing oriented.

That being said, let's look at Pucillo tonight to see how he fairs against an aggresive defense.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Good points. The defense generally is ahead of the game at this point in the season; the offense is much more timing oriented.

That being said, let's look at Pucillo tonight to see how he fairs against an aggresive defense.

They have their work cut out again. I'd hate to have to pass block against those guys. They come from every which way. We shall see what happens. What I hate is that if they suck again it will be a full blown media thing this week. What's wrong with the offense? You get one pass in the pre-season, I guess, befor the hyenas start gathering. It would be better to avoid all that even if they really are going to suck.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

They have their work cut out again. I'd hate to have to pass block against those guys. They come from every which way. We shall see what happens. What I hate is that if they suck again it will be a full blown media thing this week. What's wrong with the offense? You get one pass in the pre-season, I guess, befor the hyenas start gathering. It would be better to avoid all that even if they really are going to suck.

Of course, the Redskins could solve that by coming out and kicking ass tonight. I guess that would be asking too much though, from this team.

In preseason, they always seem to give everybody watching plenty of reason for doubt.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Of course, the Redskins could solve that by coming out and kicking ass tonight. I guess that would be asking too much though, from this team.

In preseason, they always seem to give everybody watching plenty of reason for doubt.

It seems we do give people something to talk about, don't we?

I would really like to see the offense put together two or three nice drives. Even if we don't score a ton of points, march down field for once.

[Cowell]

I say we put Mike Pucillo in over Todd Wade because Mike Pucillo is actually accustomed to being a guard.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by Cowell

I say we put Mike Pucillo in over Todd Wade because Mike Pucillo is actually accustomed to being a guard.

I agree with you. The left side of the line looked good, at least in pass situations. When Samuels gets back they will start to pimpslap people.

[Beemnseven]

Yes, there was clear improvement from last week to tonight. Wasn't Campbell sacked like three times against the Titans in the first quarter or so?

There was far better O-line protection -- hopefully Pucillo is the missing piece of the puzzle.